|
|
de-ice |
Verb
|
to make or become free of frost or ice |
|
|
depressurize |
Verb
|
decrease the pressure of |
|
|
depressurise |
Verb
|
decrease the pressure of |
|
|
debilitate |
Verb
|
make weak |
|
|
dislocate |
Verb
|
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship |
|
|
dislocate |
Verb
|
move out of position |
|
|
deconcentrate |
Verb
|
make less central |
|
|
decentralize |
Verb
|
make less central |
|
|
decentralise |
Verb
|
make less central |
|
|
desynchronize |
Verb
|
cause to become desynchronized |
|
|
desynchronise |
Verb
|
cause to become desynchronized |
|
|
disintegrate |
Verb
|
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity |
|
|
disintegrate |
Verb
|
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current |
|
|
disintegrate |
Verb
|
cause to undergo fission or lose particles |
|
|
do away with |
Verb
|
terminate, end, or take out |
|
|
decelerate |
Verb
|
reduce the speed of |
|
|
decelerate |
Verb
|
lose velocity |
|
|
distort |
Verb
|
alter the shape of (something) by stress |
|
|
distort |
Verb
|
make false by mutilation or addition |
|
|
distort |
Verb
|
affect as in thought or feeling |
|
|
distort |
Verb
|
form into a spiral shape |
|
|
distort |
Verb
|
twist and press out of shape |
|
|
deflower |
Verb
|
make imperfect |
|
|
deflower |
Verb
|
deprive of virginity |
|
|
die out |
Verb
|
become extinct |
|
|
die out |
Verb
|
cut or shape with a die |
|
|
die off |
Verb
|
become extinct |
|
|
decimate |
Verb
|
kill in large numbers |
|
|
decimate |
Verb
|
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |
|
|
diversify |
Verb
|
vary in order to spread risk or to expand |
|
|
diversify |
Verb
|
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate |
|
|
diversify |
Verb
|
make (more) diverse |
|
|
decouple |
Verb
|
reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) |
|
|
decouple |
Verb
|
eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) |
|
|
decouple |
Verb
|
regard as unconnected |
|
|
decouple |
Verb
|
disconnect or separate |
|
|
detain |
Verb
|
cause to be slowed down or delayed |
|
|
detain |
Verb
|
stop or halt |
|
|
detain |
Verb
|
deprive of freedom |
|
|
demulsify |
Verb
|
break down into components |
|
|
demulsify |
Verb
|
cause to demulsify |
|
|
de-iodinate |
Verb
|
remove iodine from |
|
|
denazify |
Verb
|
free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance |
|
|
decarboxylate |
Verb
|
remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) |
|
|
decarboxylate |
Verb
|
lose a carboxyl group |
|
|
diagonalize |
Verb
|
transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix |
|
|
diagonalise |
Verb
|
transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix |
|
|
denitrify |
Verb
|
remove nitrogen from |
|
|
debase |
Verb
|
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance |
|
|
debase |
Verb
|
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content |